testing

 Everything is ok.  I had an appointment with my doctor this morning and he ran that glucose test I mentioned yesterday.  My numbers are just fine, no diabetes or pre-diabetes, but he did urge moderation so I only ate one DeBrand's chocolate when I got home.  I thought it was interesting though that, three weeks ago when I had my fasting blood test, they pulled a 4-inch tube of blood out of my arm to test for one day's worth of glucose.  Today, when the test covered 30 days of glucose, all they needed was a finger stick.  Ah well, I know they know what they're doing.  The other test was more fun.  It was a mental acuity test to see if there are any signs of encroaching dementia.  I am happy to say that I passed with flying colors.  In fact my doctor told me that I scored higher than anyone else to whom he had ever given the test (29 of 30). After he scored it he took time to show me where other people had gone wrong.  I didn't tell him that I had practiced counting backwards by seven.  Later a friend told me that that really wasn't cheating because if I actually had dementia I wouldn't remember that I had practiced.  I feel much better.